Sunday, August 28, 2016

Rembrandt Bugatti II

It's been over four years since I put up a post on the great Rembrandt Bugatti. Time for another look at this unrivaled master of animal sculpture. I consider any of his sculpts a masterpiece. Who knows how his art would have evolved and how many more gems he might have created, had he not taken his life at the age of 31.

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It's fantastic realism and the artist's sensibility, but I always wonder about the practical process of this type of sculpture. It made a clay sculpture and then a form where the melted metal is placed? What is the process?

My favorite thing about each of these sculptures is how energetic they are. His eye was like a powerful camera, capturing each animal's movement at an impossibly precise moment. They look like they'll come to life if you stare at them long enough.

Your previous post on Bugatti inspired me to buy a book on his life and work. I can't read the text, and the book was oh-so-expensive, but those images!!! SOOO worth it! Among my favorite art books. Thanks for alerting me to this marvelous artist.